Llama Guard 3 8B
META-LLAMA Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1150Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context131,072Tokens
API Cost / 1M$0.08Blended Prompt + Completion
Model Capabilities
- Drafting
- Classification
Llama Guard 3 is a Llama-3.1-8B pretrained model, fine-tuned for content safety classification. Similar to previous versions, it can be used to classify content in both LLM inputs (prompt classification) and in LLM responses (response classification). It acts as an LLM – it generates text in its output that indicates whether a given prompt or response is safe or unsafe, and if unsafe, it also lists the content categories violated.
Llama Guard 3 was aligned to safeguard against the MLCommons standardized hazards taxonomy and designed to support Llama 3.1 capabilities. Specifically, it provides content moderation in 8 languages, and was optimized to support safety and security for search and code interpreter tool calls.
Granular Pricing Matrix
Input Tokens (Prompt)$0.02 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$0.06 / 1M
Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026
Evaluate Competitors
VS Engine MatchupLlama Guard 3 8B vs ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-LiteVS Engine MatchupLlama Guard 3 8B vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3BVS Engine MatchupLlama Guard 3 8B vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-FlashVS Engine MatchupLlama Guard 3 8B vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free)VS Engine MatchupLlama Guard 3 8B vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5VS Engine MatchupLlama Guard 3 8B vs StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free)